Japanese Name Gender Finder:
The Japanese name chart to find out if it is a boy's name or girl's name / given name or family name.
New Message: Site Renewal! It's been more than 20 years since I created this site in 2002! Thank YOU for using this Gender Finder for all those years. I hope the new design is better than before. (August 2023)
Finally, I have updated this page. It should be mobile friendly now. I kept the page as simple to use & fast to load as possible. Hope everyone doesn't mind the change. Thank you for using this page, everyone. (^.^) (7 Nov 2016)
After years of spending time in the English speaking countries, I still have a problem to figure out which gender some English names are for. I used a wrong title several times in the past. (e.g. Ms for a male manager when I sent my CV applying for a job...)
I created a chart to find the gender for English names for Japanese people, and many people found it useful. Then I thought some of you might have the same problem for Japanese names as we have for English names, so here is a chart for you - Japanese Name Gender Finder!!!
I hope it will be helpful...
Note: I made this list simply I thought it would be useful to know/guess the gender from names because we occasionally use Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss and She/He in our writings/conversations. And for a non-native speaker, the uncertainty of a person's gender (= a fear of making mistakes/being rude) will lead hesitation in communicating with the person. Please understand that I have no intention of encouraging users to prejudge people by gender. Thank you!
Click the initial of the Japanese name!
G...Girl's Name (Given name/first name for female)
F...Family Name (Last name)
*Please be aware that there is no rule without exceptions! People use boys name for girls and girls name for boys quite often these days.
| Name | B/G/F | Name | B/G/F | Name | B/G/F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabuchi | B | Machi | G | Machiko | G |
| Madoka | G | Mae | G | Maeda | F |
| Maehata | F | Maeko | G | Maemi | G |
| Maeno | F | Magbei | B | Magobei | B |
| Magohachi | B | Mai | G | Maiko | G |
| Maita | F | Maki | G | Makiguchi | F |
| Makiko | G | Makino | F | Makioka | F |
| Mako | G | Makoto | B | Makuda | F |
| Mami | G | Mamiko | G | Mamoru | B |
| Man | G | Mana | G | Manabu | B |
| Manami | G | Manobu | B | Maresuke | B |
| Mari | G | Marihito | B | Mariko | G |
| Maru | G | Marubeni | F | Marugo | F |
| Marusa | F | Maruya | F | Maruyama | F |
| Masaaki | B | Masae | G | Masafumi | B |
| Masaharu | B | Masahide | B | Masahiko | B |
| Masahiro | B | Masakado | B | Masakazu | B |
| Masaki | B | Masako | G | Masami | BG |
| Masamichi | B | Masamune | B | Masanobu | B |
| Masanori | B | Masao | B | Masaoka | F |
| Masaru | B | Masashi | B | Masashige | B |
| Masatake | B | Masato | B | Masayoshi | B |
| Masayuki | B | Masazumi | B | Mashai | B |
| Mashashi | B | Mashita | F | Masoni | F |
| Masu | B | Masudu | F | Masuhiro | B |
| Masujiro | B | Masuko | F | Masumi | G |
| Masuno | F | Masutaro | B | Masuzoe | F |
| Matabei | B | Matano | F | Matashichi | B |
| Matokai | F | Matoke | F | Matsu | GF |
| Matsuda | F | Matsudaira | B | Matsui | F |
| Matsukata | F | Matsuki | F | Matsumara | F |
| Matsumoto | F | Matsumura | F | Matsuo | F |
| Matsuoka | F | Matsura | F | Matsushina | F |
| Matsushita | F | Matsusuke | B | Matsuta | B |
| Matsuya | F | Matsuyo | B | Matsuzawa | F |
| Maya | G | Mayako | G | Mayo | G |
| Mayoko | G | Mayu | G | Mayuko | G |
| Mayumi | G | Mayuzumi | F | Mazaki | F |
| Mazawa | F | Mazuka | F | Megu | G |
| Megumi | G | Meiji | B | Michi | G |
| Michihiro | B | Michiko | G | Michinaga | B |
| Michinori | B | Michio | B | Michizane | B |
| Midori | G | Mieko | G | Mifune | F |
| Mihashi | F | Miho | G | Mihoko | G |
| Miiko | G | Miki | GF | Miliko | G |
| Mimasuya | F | Mina | G | Minabuchi | F |
| Minako | G | Minami | F | Minamoto | F |
| Minatoya | F | Mineko | G | Mino | G |
| Minobe | F | Minoru | B | Mio | G |
| Mirei | G | Misa | G | Misako | G |
| Misao | B | Misato | G | Mishima | F |
| Mito | B | Mitsu | G | Mitsubishi | F |
| Mitsuharu | B | Mitsuhide | B | Mitsui | F |
| Mitsuko | G | Mitsukuni | B | Mitsukuri | F |
| Mitsunari | B | Mitsuo | B | Mitsuoki | B |
| Mitsuwa | F | Mitsuya | F | Mitsuyo | G |
| Mitsuzuka | B | Mitzusaka | F | Miura | F |
| Miwa | F | Miwako | G | Miya | G |
| Miyagi | F | Miyahara | F | Miyajima | F |
| Miyake | F | Miyako | G | Miyamae | F |
| Miyamoto | F | Miyazaki | F | Miyazawa | F |
| Miyo | G | Miyoko | G | Miyoshi | GF |
| Mizoguchi | F | Mizuki | G | Mizumaki | F |
| Mizuno | F | Mizutani | F | Mobumasu | B |
| Mochihito | B | Modegi | F | Mogami | F |
| Mokichi | B | Mokuami | B | Momoko | G |
| Momoru | B | Momotami | F | Momotani | F |
| Monomonoi | F | Monzaemon | B | Mori | F |
| Morie | B | Moriguchi | F | Morihiro | B |
| Morimasa | B | Morimoto | F | Morioka | F |
| Morishita | F | Morisue | F | Morita | F |
| Moromao | B | Moronobu | B | Morri | F |
| Moto | F | Motoichi | B | Motoki | B |
| Motonobu | B | Motoori | F | Motoshige | B |
| Mototsune | B | Motoyasu | B | Motoyoshi | F |
| Motoyuki | B | Munakata | F | Munemitsu | B |
| Munemori | B | Munenori | B | Muneyaki | B |
| Munkata | F | Munoto | B | Muraguchi | F |
| Murai | B | Murakami | F | Muraoka | F |
| Murasaki | F | Murase | F | Murata | F |
| Murkami | F | Muro | F | Muruyama | F |
| Mushanokoji | B | Mushashibo | F | Muso | F |
| Mutsohito | B | Mutsu | F | Mutsuhito | B |
| Mutsuko | G | Mutsumi | G |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...